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Oaxaca mud turtle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • US: /wəˈhæ.kə mʌd ˈtɝtl̩/

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noun

Meaning 1

A Mexican mud turtle of species Kinosternon oaxacae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: no-plural

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History

Etymology

From Oaxaca (“polity of Mexico”) + mud turtle (“Kinosternon sp.”), a calque of translingual Kinosternon oaxacae.